tun

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See also tūn, tún, tǔn, tùn, and tu'n

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[edit] English

[edit] Pronunciation

[edit] Noun

tun (plural tuns)

  1. A large cask; an oblong vessel bulging in the middle, like a pipe or puncheon, and girt with hoops; a wine cask.
  2. (brewing) A fermenting vat.
  3. An English measure of capacity for liquids, containing 252 wine gallons; equal to two pipes.
    • 1882, James Edwin Thorold Rogers, A History of Agriculture and Prices in England, p. 205:
      Again, by 28 Hen. VIII, cap. 14, it is re-enacted that the tun of wine should contain 252 gallons, a butt of Malmsey 126 gallons, a pipe 126 gallons, a tercian or puncheon 84 gallons, a hogshead 63 gallons, a tierce 41 gallons, a barrel 31.5 gallons, a rundlet 18.5 gallons.
  4. A weight of 2,240 pounds.
  5. An indefinite large quantity.
  6. A drunkard; so called humorously, or in contempt.
  7. (zoology) Any shell belonging to Dolium and allied genera; called also tun-shell.

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tun m. (feminine ta)

  1. your (second-person singular possessive pronoun)

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[edit] Danish

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[edit] Etymology 1

A contraction of tunfisk, from German Thunfisch (“tuna”), from Latin thunnus, from Ancient Greek θύννος (thýnnos).

[edit] Pronunciation

  • IPA: /tuːn/, [tˢuːˀn]

[edit] Noun

tun c. (singular definite tunen, plural indefinite tun)

  1. tuna
  2. tuna fish
[edit] Inflection
    Inflection of tun
common gender Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative, dative and accusative tun tunen tun tunene
genitive tuns tunens tuns tunenes

[edit] Etymology 2

From Old Norse tún.

[edit] Pronunciation

  • IPA: /tuːn/, [tˢuːˀn]

[edit] Noun

tun n. (singular definite tunet, plural indefinite tun)

  1. (dated) an enclosed piece of ground
[edit] Inflection
    Inflection of tun
neuter gender Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative, dative and accusative tun tunet tun tunene
genitive tuns tunets tuns tunenes

[edit] Etymology 3

See tune.

[edit] Pronunciation

  • IPA: /tuːn/, [tˢuːˀn]

[edit] Verb

tun

  1. imperative of tune

[edit] German

[edit] Alternative forms

[edit] Pronunciation

[edit] Etymology

From Middle High German tuon, from Old High German tuon, from Proto-Germanic *dōnan. Akin to Dutch doen, English do.

[edit] Verb

tun (irregular, third-person singular simple present tut, past tense tat, auxiliary haben, past participle getan)

  1. to do
  2. to make

[edit] Conjugation

conjugation of tun
infinitive tun
present participle tuend
past participle getan
auxiliary haben
indicative subjunctive
present ich tue wir tun i ich tue wir tuen
du tust ihr tut du tuest ihr tuet
er tut sie tun er tue sie tuen
preterite ich tat wir taten ii ich täte wir täten
du tatst ihr tatet du tätest ihr tätet
er tat sie taten er täte sie täten
imperative tu (du)
tue (du)		 tut (ihr)
composed forms of tun
perfect
indicative ich habe getan wir haben getan subjunctive ich habe getan wir haben getan
du hast getan ihr habt getan du habest getan ihr habet getan
er hat getan sie haben getan er habe getan sie haben getan
pluperfect
indicative ich hatte getan wir hatten getan subjunctive ich hätte getan wir hätten getan
du hattest getan ihr hattet getan du hättest getan ihr hättet getan
er hatte getan sie hatten getan er hätte getan sie hätten getan
future i
infinitive tun werden subjunctive i ich werde tun wir werden tun
du werdest tun ihr werdet tun
er werde tun sie werden tun
indicative ich werde tun wir werden tun subjunctive ii ich würde tun wir würden tun
du wirst tun ihr werdet tun du würdest tun ihr würdet tun
er wird tun sie werden tun er würde tun sie würden tun
future ii
infinitive getan haben werden subjunctive i ich werde getan haben wir werden getan haben
du werdest getan haben ihr werdet getan haben
er werde getan haben sie werden getan haben
indicative ich werde getan haben wir werden getan haben subjunctive ii ich würde getan haben wir würden getan haben
du wirst getan haben ihr werdet getan haben du würdest getan haben ihr würdet getan haben
er wird getan haben sie werden getan haben er würde getan haben sie würden getan haben

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[edit] Inari Sami

[edit] Pronoun

tun

  1. (personal) you (sg.)

[edit] Mandarin

[edit] Romanization

tun (form of tun0 or tun5)

  1. 飢: hunger, starving; hungry; a famine
  2. simplified: 饣, traditional: 飠: eat, food; radical number 184

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tou

  1. Nonstandard spelling of tūn.
  2. Nonstandard spelling of tún.
  3. Nonstandard spelling of tǔn.
  4. Nonstandard spelling of tùn.

[edit] Usage notes

English transcriptions of Chinese speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Chinese language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

[edit] Mapudungun

[edit] Verb

tun (using Raguileo Alphabet)

  1. to catch

[edit] Conjugation

    Conjugation of tunn (See Appendix:Mapudungun conjugation.)
Infinitive tunn
Root tun-
Tense particles
(See particles)		 -a- (future tense)
-pe- (past tense)
-fu- (distant past tense)
person singular dual plural
first second third first second third first second third
Realis mood iñce eymi fey iñciw eymu feygu iñciñ eymvn feygvn
tunn tunymi tuny tunyu tunymu tunygu tunyiñ tunymvn tunygvn
Conditional mood iñce eymi fey iñciw eymu feygu iñciñ eymvn feygvn
tunli tunlimi tunle tunliyu tunlimu tunle egu tunliyiñ tunlimvn tunle egvn
Volitive mood iñce eymi fey iñciw eymu feygu iñciñ eymvn feygvn
tunci tunge tunpe tunyu tunmu tunpe egu tunyiñ tunmvn tunpe egvn


[edit] Old English

[edit] Etymology

From Germanic *tūna- ‘enclosure’. Cognate with Old Frisian tūn, Old Saxon tūn (Dutch tuin (“garden”)), Old High German zūn (German Zaun (“fence”)), Old Norse tún (Swedish tun (“fence”)).

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[edit] Noun

tūn m.

  1. An enclosed piece of ground, an enclosure or garden.
  2. The enclosed ground belonging to an individual dwelling.
  3. The group of houses on an area of enclosed land, a homestead.
  4. A large inhabited place, a town.

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[edit] See also

  • dōn "to place, put, set"

[edit] Romanian

[edit] Etymology

From Latin tonus.

[edit] Noun

tun n. (plural tunuri)

  1. cannon
  2. (archaic, popular) thunderclap

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[edit] Romansch

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[edit] Etymology

From Latin tonus.

[edit] Noun

tun m.

  1. sound
  2. thunder

[edit] Skolt Sami

[edit] Pronoun

tun

  1. (personal) you (sg.)
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